1. Allegro ma non troppo
2. Adagio
3. Scherzo: Allegro, attacca
4. Aria variata ('Och riddaren han talte till unga Hillevi'): Andante semplice

• Year of composition: Movement 1: 'Särö 7 July 1904 - Firenze dec 1906'- movement 2: 'Firenze 1907 - Vestanå 26 June 1909' - movement 3 and 4: 'Vestanå 21 July 1909'.
• Work category: String quartet
• Dedication: To Jean Sibelius
• First performed: 10 January 1910 at Intima Teatern, Stockholm, at one of August Strindberg's private music soirees. First public performance 7 March 1910, Gothenburg.
• Duration: 32 min
• Detailed duration: movement 1: 9'30" , movement 2: 6' , movement 3: 6' , movement 4: 10'30"

Examples of printed editions

Wilhelm Hansen Musik-Forlag, Köpenhamn/ NMS

• Location autograph: Musik- och teaterbiblioteket
• Possible call no. and autograph comment: Wilhelm Stenhammar's archive

Literature

Rotter, Signe: Studien zu den Streichquartetten von Wilhelm Stenhammar (Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 2001)
Bo Wallner: Wilhelm Stenhammar och hans tid, vol. 3 (Norstedts Förlag, Stockholm, 1991)

Description of work

1. Allegro ma non troppo A minor 4/4
2. Adagio A major 3/8
3. Scherzo: Allegro C major 2/4
4. Aria variata ('Och riddaren han talte till unga Hillevi'): Andante semplice. A minor 2/4